Spatial audio not available Mac Reddit

Hi, I've tested my AirPods max out on my iPad and iPhone and spatial audio works no problem...I'm testing it on my m1 MacBook Air and it works on YouTube,netflix, etc including Apple TV but just not in Apple Music. I've heard some people had this issue but I can't seem to find if this was ever fixed or if somebody found a solution.

I have turned on Dolby Atmos but still no luck and I'm on Mac OS 12.1

Spatial audio not available Mac Reddit

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I think spatial audio only works on M1 MacBooks (correct me if I’m wrong). That could be the reason

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Thought I read that somewhere it was M1 only too

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I have airpods pro and it doesnt even show me this function. Only transparency and noise cancellation and off.

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Is the feature available yet on Monterey? Real question as I don't know.

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It's been available, but only when using Safari with YouTube and Netflix, and Apple Music (don't know what else)

Doesn't work with Chrome

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It depends if the software you’re on supports spatialise stereo. The audio you are listening to may not work with spatial audio (only a fraction of media works with spatial audio), though all audio works with supports spatialise stereo.

Spatialise stereo is basically spatial audio but not as good.

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M1 Mac on MacOs Monterey, Spatial Audio with AirPods Pro work only with my safari when watching YouTube. Not available for iTunes😕

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Thanks for the heads up! I’m a chrome/Spotify user which doesn’t help the situation, shame they didn’t make it available for all audio sources as it’s great!

I just bought Airpods Pro 2.

In iPhone, there is a feature to turn spatial audio always no matter what app the sound is coming from.

But on my M1 Pro 16", I can only enable spatial audio with selected apps: Apple Music, Apple TV?

Is there a way to enable it for all apps?

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*I'm new to this sub so i apologize if this has already been addressed.*

i have a fully up to date 2018 Macbook air and airpod pros. As far as i know, that fulfills all the requirements necessary to use spatial audio, yet when i click on the airpod icon i'm only given the options; "off, noise cancellation, transparency". "Spatialize audio" isn't even greyed out like the others i've seen having this problem... its just simply not there. Even if i'm playing something that i know for a fact is dolby atmos, it still doesn't give me the option. Am i missing something here? Any advice at all would be appreciated.

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Why is Spatial Audio not available on Mac?

Spatial Audio only works with Apple silicon Macs, like the M1 MacBook Air, the 14-inch MacBook Pro, the 16-inch MacBook Pro, or the Mac Studio. You also need to make sure that you're running macOS Monterey. Of course, you need a compatible audio device to listen to Spatial Audio on your Mac as well.

How do I make Spatial Audio available on my Mac?

Turn on spatial audio on your Mac with Apple silicon Click the AirPods or Beats icon in the menu bar to see Spatial Audio listed while you're playing multichannel content, or Spatialize Stereo while you're playing two-channel stereo content. Click Head Tracked to turn on spatial audio and dynamic head tracking.

Why does it say Spatial Audio not available?

Spatial audio is only compatible with Apple devices from 2020 and beyond. It is also only available on AirPods versions 3, Pro, and Max. Beats Fit Pro also supports spatial audio. To see the latest list of devices supporting spatial audio, visit this Apple support document.

How do I make Spatial Audio available?

Turn on spatial audio on your iPhone or iPad Open Control Center on your iPhone or on your iPad. Touch and hold the volume control to turn on spatial audio while you're playing multichannel content or Spatialize Stereo while you're playing two-channel stereo content. This also shows you the status icons.